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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 112, NI Act: When acceptor for honour may be charged

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 112 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

112. When acceptor for honour may be charged.

An acceptor for honour cannot be charged unless the bill has at its maturity been presented to the drawee for payment, and has been dishonoured by him, and noted or protested for such dishonour.

The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.

Sources

  1. India Code: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, section 112 (read 1 September 2026)

The Act's own words, from India Code. If the text here differs from the Gazette, the Gazette governs; write to contact@pundora.in and it will be corrected and dated.